Highlights: Sophomore Kate Mastrobuono led Dover-Sherborn with nine points and eight rebounds as the Raiders defeated Nipmuc, 35-12. Freshman Reese O’Connell also scored nine points, with five of those points coming from the line and came away with six thefts. On Dec. 14, Medfield defeated D-S, 61-23.

Highlights: On Dec. 12, D-S/Weston began the season with a 4-1 win over Bellingham. Sophomore Tommy Higgins and junior Cooper Griffin had a goal and an assist each to give Dover-Sherborn/Weston its first win in program history.

“It’s a great feeling, the team played well all three periods,” said D-S/Weston coach Tom Bourque. “It’s awesome to get that one out of the way. I’m looking forward to the rest of the season."

On Dec. 15, D-S/Weston beat Norton, 5-2. Senior captain Matt Paolatto and junior Cooper Griffin had a pair of goals. Senior captain defenseman Max Tjen stepped up big time, and played exceptionally well on the defensive end for the Raiders.

“Max controlled all zones,” said D-S/Weston coach Tom Bourque. “He was buzzing all night and took care of business out there.”

Highlights: Sophomore Ava Kaplan had a goal and an assist as the co-op of Dover-Sherborn/Hopkinton, which includes athletes from Bellingham and Tri-County, shut out St. Joseph’s. Kaplan assisted on sophomore Rachel Bachman’s short-handed goal while Kaplan scored off an assist from juniors Julia MacDonald and Amanda Borden on a power-play goal. Junior goaltender Kristen McCluskey made 14 saves in net. On Dec. 15, Norwood defeated D-S/Hopkinton. 5-1. Annie Parizeau scored the Raiders' lone goal.

On Dec. 17, D-S/Hopkinton edged Cambridge R&L, 2-1. Netminder Kristin McCluskey made a whopping 51 saves. Olivia Kirshy tallied a goal and an assist, and Rachel Bachman recorded a pair of assists to lead the offense for D-S-H. Ava Kaplan also scored in the win.

Highlights: On Dec. 8, D-S earned a split against Norton in the season opener for both teams. In the boys' 44-42 win, Oliver Fried dominated in the 1-mile. Fried finished in first with a time of 4:30.03, more than 38 seconds faster than the second-place finished. Other first-place finishes for Dover-Sherborn came from Tylan Mendes (shot put), Oren Wiemeyer (1,000) and Sam Little (300). In the girls' 67-19 loss, Tatum Evans placed first in the 55-meter dash (7.85) and 300 (44.31).

On Dec. 13, D-S earned another split, this time against Millis. Caitlin Britt broke the school record in the 2-mile during the girls' 53-24 loss. The boys won, 74-12.

Highlights: Senior captain Sam Dawley won the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke to help Dover-Sherborn win its season-opening meet over Dedham, 100-81, at Milford High.

Senior captain Zach Lawrence won the diving event and was a part of two winning relays, the 200-medley relay and 200-freestyle relay for the Raiders.

Junior Jack Green won the 100 freestyle and was also a part of the 200-medley relay and 400-freestyle relay winning teams.

On the girls side, senior captain Riley Correll placed second in the 200 free and 500 free for D-S.

Freshman Ava Yablonski won the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. She qualified for sectionals and states with those times in those two events.

“For the first meet of the season I thought they did a terrific job,” D-S coach Sue Eaton said. “We have a lot of new swimmers and sometimes that can be very confusing. We had a lot of young kids that came in and finished third, fourth and fifth which is necessary to win a meet.

“I think we’re off to a good start and I think we’re stronger than we’ve been in the past.”